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Meerkat Painter
03:28
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Meerkat painter, paint a picture
That your brothers and your sisters will call home
Meerkat morning, let out a warning
That the birds of prey are preying here
There is safety in numbers
The days get cold we grow number, dumber
Still where there’s a way a will will follow
Follow on the day when you will swallow your fear
And not disappear, you won’t disappear
You will swallow your fear and not disappear
Meerkat poet, just keep going
You’ll find that perfect stanza in your pen
Meerkat midnight, fight the good fight
There is no victory underground
Meerkat lover, don’t take cover
The birds of prey will hover all day long
So meerkat singer, don’t you meerkat linger
You must come out and sing your song
In our caves we lock like a safe
We lock step and keep a consistent pace
Trace emotion on each other’s faces, face it
We’re wasting away
Meerkat dancer, love’s the answer
The rhythm will get faster over time
Meerkat painter, paint me a picture
So your brothers and your sisters
So your brothers and your sisters will live on
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Dear future Gaslighter, much esteemed
It seems your estimation underestimated me
so if you and your concubine could combine your assets
We could throw an injunction on your injustice
Because you got me pegged as the wrong kind of Rosewater
I’m good to beggars but I’m not the farmer’s daughter
So, watch your appendages or you might need some bandages
You need man’s laughter for manslaughter
Dear future Gaslighter, trash basket
It must be awful convenient to be able to build your own casket
All is on the table, we’re taking back the welcome mat
We want our income back
You got me pegged as the wrong kind of rosewater
I’m good to beggars but I’m not the farmer’s daughter
So, watch your appendages or you might need some bandages
You need man’s laughter for manslaughter
Dear future Gaslighter, so mature
You don’t even know what a good thing’s worth
You don’t know how to make it hurt
But you sure as hell make stupid look like work
And you got me pegged as the wrong kind of rosewater
Well, you’re like a beggar but I’m not the farmer’s daughter
So, watch your appendages or you might need some bandages
And I don’t need laughter, just manslaughter
Go on this way, I dare you to
go on this way for the rest of your days
May there be so many days like this
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Constant Love
03:38
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3.14159
I’m so glad, so glad you’re mine
2653589
You’re sweeter than, you’re sweeter than apple pie
You and me make a 180 degrees,
’cause I’m obtuse and you’re an acute little thing
A cute little thing
I settle down on your Mobius strip
There’s no end so I don’t quit ’til you tell me that’s it
I don’t quit ‘til you tell me that’s it
2.71828
Our love grows at an exponential rate
1828459
Infinitely growing over time
You and me are the natural log of e
’cause we are one, with interest we are less than three
We are less than three
I settle down between your max and your min
There’s no end so I don’t quit ’til you tell me that’s it
I don’t quit ‘til you tell me that’s it
1.61803
The divine ratio of you to me
398874
Proportional to our love forevermore
You and me are golden in reality
The numbers add up, our love is as tough as geometry
As tough as geometry
I settle down on your perfect pyramid
There’s no end so I don’t quit ’til you tell me that’s it
I don’t quit ‘til you tell me that’s it
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Lonely Ones
03:17
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I used to give up before the fight had begun
Make a snide remark and turn my back and run
’cause I was afraid I was the only, lonely one
Squinting but still staring at the sun
I got all these pictures locked in folders, getting older every day
Stuck in a cave with a boulder in the way
If I were a soldier, I know that I would kill to get paid
But now its colder and I don’t know if I should run or should I stay
You used to give up before the fight had begun
Make a snide remark and turn your back and run
’cause you were afraid you were the only, lonely one
Squinting but still staring at the sun
If you’re bored, you’re boring. All your glory stories need to fade with age
Stuck in a play with a gory, horror ending on the stage
If you were a warrior, you would kill to get laid
But now its pouring and I don’t know if you will run or if you’ll stay
You used to give up before the fight had begun
I’d make a snide remark and turn my back and run
’cause we were afraid we were the only, lonely ones
Squinting but still staring at the sun
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I left a message on your answering machine
I said my lyrics need some chords
You showed up at my door with a guitar and
An apple core in your hand
You say you work better when you’re alone
And could you have my room all to yourself
Oh so casual… you toss your coat on…
Top of my old guitar stand
I say, “I’m going to get coffee ‘round the corner,”
but instead I sit out on the steps
Listen to you through the crack underneath the door
Nursing my last cigarette
But my lighter’s out so instead I use a match
And for a moment I am Audrey Hepburn
Cool, and detached
Aloof, watching you from the outside
Like I’m on a movie set
My bedroom is the setting of this next scene
I’ve never been much good at acting
The camera zooms in tightly
As you turn around and look right at me
I got your message and I knew I had some chords
So I showed up at your door
Nervously I chomped on my apple slices
I said it would be nice if
I could have the room all to myself
I felt uncomfortable in my coat
So I try to drop it to the floor
But, it fell on your guitar stand’s loop
You say you’re going out for coffee
But I can see you sitting out on the front stoop
My music wafts out of the room
It’s like cigarette smoke to you
My notes get in your eyes and your smoke wraps around my neck
And for a moment I am Gregory Peck
Trying to perfect
Trying to be your hero
Like I’m on a movie set
Your bedroom is the setting of our next scene
It takes place while the sun is setting
A tight shot of fingers gripping the strings
Just to keep them from twitching
So, I walk back in the room
I say, “I’ve got to run”
“Leaving so soon?”
“Well, my work here is all done”
I wish that you would say something more
So, I shuffle toward the door
And my shuffling becomes an awkward little dance
I look deep into your eyes
Now’s my only chance
And I kissed you
And you kissed me
And you said
“You smell exactly like I remember.
Exactly like I remember. I remember I remember”
My bedroom is the setting of our last scene
Music plays while the credits are rolling
The camera pans out to the sea
All I can think is, wasn’t that
Lovely.
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Danny Saucedo Oakland, California
At times humorous and always heartfelt, singer-songwriter Danny Saucedo crafts unique songs that explore love, friendship, identity, and mental health.
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